he thought violating the one rule ( DO NOT GO NEAR HUMAN TERRITORY ) wouldn't be a big deal. in his refusal to listen to reason, mikey simply followed his feet, pushed way, way beyond their safety zone by pent-up energy, a need for something, anything that wasn't within the couple thousand square feet under the terra, the same confined little world they've been forced to live in for as long as he can remember. of course, it goes without saying that he definitely shouldn't have followed the biggest, brightest thing his eyes could pick apart from the over-crowded skyline of ruins and junk-made structures----the cabler's settlement.
now, all confidence he'd had in his own endeavors is gone. a lifetime of thought conditioning and extensive teachings on the dangers of human irrationality and fear are now coming back in a flash, and all from seeing some girl. thing is, he's panicking because SHE spotted him first. he knows he should run, hide, knock her out, but his body remains frozen on the spot, mouth agape, eyes seizing her, focused on her every move.
